This is your essential guide to carrying out research in schools. It walks you through each step offering smart practical guidance supported by real world examples of students’ work to help you understand academic research vocabulary, avoid common pitfalls and produce a successful educational research project. It also discusses careful ground rules for the ethical use of AI tools in your research project. Learn how to frame an appropriate research question. Understand the careful ethical considerations involved in research in educational settings. Explore the pros and cons of different methods for collecting data. Find out how to analyse your data and write up your findings. Understand how researchers disseminate their work effectively to wider audiences. This is vital reading for anyone training to teach in schools or studying on an education degree with a research project component.